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It’s #WorldPhotographyDay2020 so this #thread is a curation of photographers and photography in Nigeria - and, yes, it may not be exhaustive.
I start with a photographer being described as the “first indigenous photographer”
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I start with a photographer being described as the “first indigenous photographer”
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Meet George S A Da Costa, born in the present-day Lagos, who in 1895 invested £30 to train as a photographer and went on to set up a thriving photography business. He was described as the “ablest and best known professional photographer in Nigeria".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Da…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Da…
Mr Da Costa's works were featured in "The Red Book of West Africa" (1920) and they include pictures of the construction of the railway tracks from Lagos to Jebba to Kaduna. #WorldPhotographyDay2020
africainthephotobook.com/2019/04/08/the…
africainthephotobook.com/2019/04/08/the…
